JCC campus boosts security

Safety review sought after Conn. massacre

11:53 PM,
Jan. 22, 2013

Written by

Hema Easley
heasley@lohud.com

Visitors to the Jewish Community Campus in West Nyack can expect to see several security measures in place in the coming days.

An estimated 1,500 people a day visit the campus , which is home to JCC Rockland, Jewish Federation of Rockland County, Rockland Jewish Family Service, Rockland Jewish Academy, the local chapter of the Hadassah, and Israel Bonds. Campus officials had worked with Clarks­town police on safety issues in the past and reached out again in the wake of the Newtown massacre.

In recent days, campus officials have hired a security consulting firm to provide them with an ...